The MIT Living Wage Calculator for New Jersey is 1 adult: $13.72; 1 adult & 1 child: $28.56; 1 adult & 2 children: $33.29; 2 adults with 1 working: $21.09. The highest living wage listed is $42.25 for 1 adult and 3 children. For more specific data on each NJ county go here.

The minimum wage now is $8.60 an hour and automatically will rise to $8.85 on January 1. The bill would increase it to $9.50 for most workers on July 1, 2019, and then to $11 on January 1, 2020. It would then increase on Jan. 1 of each year from 2021 to 2024 until topping out at $15.

The bill should have steeper increases each year and reach $15.00 by 2021 or sooner.

Farmworkers, teenagers, seasonal workers and employees at businesses with fewer than 10 workers would see their wages increase at a slower rate, not reaching $15 an hour until 2029.These people deserve a much more rapid escalation for their minimum wage.